ICYMI: Succession creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong joined host
Taffy Brodesser-Akner for the season premiere of the WGAE OnWriting podcast! Listen via buff.ly/3vOBv1E

Succession is nominated for its outstanding writing at this weekend's #WritersGuildAwards 🏆

Morning Listening, 04.19.24

Back from the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings, where — six weeks after the beginning of the work at the G20 on a coordinated taxation of the super-rich — there was palpable 'tax the rich' energy in the room

A few notable developments 🧵

The rich are just like you and me. No, just kidding. Here's Laura Nahmias and Eliyahu Kamisher on a choreography of private jets (and luxury SUVs idling by the George Washington Bridge) that lets our ultrarich neighbors avoid New York's taxes bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Let me make one last comment on my health before moving onto more important things…

I suffered another stroke Monday night that was hidden by all the vertigo and vomiting. My apologies to the Thayer Hotel at West Point – the room was a mess.

Three days later, I’m finding it…

The Mets' Rally Pimp seems like a very strange controversy. I propose we rename him 'Rally Caetano.'

When journalists can't process, analyze, and report on data, the public loses.

So OCCRP helped start this initiative with the aim of making data storage and processing capacity more affordable for investigative and data-driven newsrooms worldwide.

Overall, taxation in the U.S. has shifted from those who own (capital) to those who work (labor).

Why? Well, taxation plays a huge role. Top marginal income tax rates have fallen drastically in many countries.

This semester I've been teaching 'Economic Inequality and Growth' at UC Berkeley. This is a thread with some of my favorite graphs.

First, the headline everyone's-seen-it graph: falling then rising income inequality in Anglophone countries.

Today is the 43rd anniversary of baseball’s longest game: a maddening, magical, mystical game that lasted 33 innings. Celebrate responsibly. And if you want to know more about baseball’s holy night, there’s a book.

7-3 since earthquake. LGM.

Enjoyed talking about the power of the dollar w/ Fareed Zakaria

He calls my book on the topic, PAPER SOLDIERS, a 'wonderful read'

We unpacked how the US has weaponized the buck and what it'll take to preserve its superpower status

Book is out now--->

tinyurl.com/SalehaDollar

Clearly the earthquake was in response to the Mets first win

I’m writing a book!

Equitable wealth gains by income during the pandemic show quite a different pattern from the Great Recession, to say the least. forbes.com/sites/christia…

Even if you disagree with a Holocaust survivor, you owe them respect. The heckler's veto is not protected speech and it's an utter shame that people think this is the right way to make a point.

I get to talk about Jimmy Breslin with Michael Daly at an event named after Jack Newfield and organized by Wayne Barrett’s son, Mac. Doesn’t get any better. A New York newspaper reunion of sorts; the joint will reek of ink!

Los Angelenos, I am coming to you soon.
4/10: on a panel w/ fellow ex-Voice writer, EvelynMcDonnell about the future of journalism at LMU
lmu.edu/majsforum.
4/12: me and Voice sister Joy Press at Book Soup
Read the Los Angeles Times piece: latimes.com/entertainment-…

Looking forward to reading this: